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Last year, the Maharashtra government shortlisted a private agency to provide cloud seeding with a view to generating artificial rainfall (from the August to October period). The state had allocated Rs 27 crore for the project.However, this exercise...

By Sergio Ortega Cruz, Worldwide Industry Solution Manager, Public Safety and National Security at MicrosoftFormer US Secretary of State Dean Rusk once said that “If you protect your paper clips and diamonds with equal vigor, you’ll soon have more...

A lot of times, it can be a struggle to get things done. Getting the right people in the room, getting them all to reach consensus, can all be roadblocks to progress. That’s why the story of Constitución, Chile is so inspiring. Just three months...

Miskolc, Hungary, is a mid-size industrial city that has taken on a number of civic improvement projects, among them planning a public square as a focal point for the city and an expanded mass transit system.Deputy Mayor Péter Pfliegler and other...

St. Albert is an attractive community of about 61,500 residents adjacent to Edmonton, the capital of the province of Alberta. Well known as "The Botanical Arts City," a reflection of the things its citizens enjoy, St. Albert city leaders also want...

In a smart city (or state), governing well does not mean dictating what’s best for everyone. It’s a collaborative effort. What do your constituents want from you? What resources are available? What do partners need from you? What do other elected...

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday announced that the state government plans to create an urban agglomeration called NAINA that will host 22 smart cities and the first integrated development plan for this programme was ready.He was...

Bhopal: Development in Bhopal is set to receive a huge boost with about Rs 22,000 crore to be pumped into revamping city infrastructure in the next five years. On Wednesday, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced Rs 15,000...

On March 28 this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an interesting speech at the Bloomberg India Economic Forum 2016. It was praised even by his critics for laying out an impressive array of facts and strategies. Since it was a Bloomberg event...

The company is reportedly in talks with experts in the field to build a digital city in the US.According to news reports, an Alphabet-funded tech company is attempting to setup a smart city in the US to develop technology to tackle urban issues....

The city of Bangalore may be the startup capital of India, but if things go the right way, Pune would soon become the hub for starups eyeing the smart city opportunity.The government of India and government of Maharashtra along with the Future City...

With the incorporation of an SPV on March 31, Surat Smart City Development Limited (SSCDL), the special purpose vehicle that will oversee and implement Surat’s smart city plan, has received the first installment of Rs 100 crore from the Centre. The...

An interesting read on the Food+Tech Connect website looks at the future of food and suggests the key to food sustainability is learning to eat what the land and sea already supply.It's a compelling point given the number of people around the world...

Finally, the water crisis in Maharashtra has encouraged political parties to come together and provide a long-term solution to combat the drought-like situation.A case in point would be the Dhanegaon dam, which dried up completely in the...

Microsoft's City Next initiative is designed to offer assistance for cities that enables them to be innovative while turning their smart city plans into reality, do it at their own pace and engage their citizens in the process. City Next offers a...

Article - 04/22/2016

Active Region(s): Main, North America

Category: Health and human services, Water and wastewater, Smart City Tools

The reason we're saying connected cars could be traveling on city streets sooner than earlier expected has very much to do with the rapidly increasing field of partnerships between technology companies and car makers focused on making driving safer...

Nearly a dozen people died in central Texas over Memorial Day weekend last summer when heavy rains triggered flash floods. But their lives likely could have been saved with a data analytics-based warning system that costs only about as much as a...

As the ‘smart journey’ begins, here’s a look at what’s in the works for the 20 chosen cities.The deadline for commencing the execution of the smart city development plan—20 cities have been chosen under Smart Cities Challenge—falls on June 25. These...

Last year, Chennai witnessed a terrible disaster (occurring once in a century) which brought the entire city to an abrupt standstill. All forms of communication, transport, and amenities available to humankind were destroyed. It is never easy to...

Municipal waste is the major source of pollution for the river Ganga, which passes through 66 districts, 118 towns and 1,657 gram panchayats. Although the quantity of industrial effluents is lower, experts close to the ‘Clean Ganga’ movement feels...